>>a big story we are following for you tonight, there are now several confirmed cases at that new covid-19 strain here in california, not good this comes as state leaders brace for perhaps a surge on top of a surge in already overwhelmed hospital systems all across our state kron four's capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala now reporting from sacramento. >>state leaders monday said there are now 6 confirmed cases of the new covid-19 strain in california, the mutated strain was first discovered in the uk and has now been found in 4 people in san diego and 2 in san bernardino one of the patients is hospitalized, we in fact when she just. >>anticipate. they'll be others identified. and we'll know more about this in real

time these cases and to the state's effort to contain the virus and help california's overwhelmed hospital systems. the governor noted the state is seeing 6 times as many patients in intensive care units as it did 2 months ago california has deployed nearly 1300 supplemental medical staff members to help swamped hospitals newsome noted the situation is getting so dire. his administration created an oxygen task force. >>to determine how the state distributes oxygen and oxygen tanks to hospitals running low because of the stress down in los angeles in particular of lucky valley. >>in placed upon the hospital we have organized waiting on holiday case counts california leaders say they're bracing for an even worsening situation in the coming weeks. >>state health leaders defend the decision to put most of the state under a stay at home order and i believe that we did by ourselves a little bit of room if you well to see and be able to deal with what we have in front of us with this sort of holiday surge. >>later this week the governor is expected to release his version of the proposed a

state budget millions of dollars already earmarked for virus response efforts in sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 news. >>and the south bay there are new rules set up to try to help stop the spread of covid santa clara county officials say. >>eating drinking or hanging out in the employee break rooms. >>at businesses needs to stop they say that eating in these break rooms is one of the highest activities for transmission. the new restriction is similar to the ban they say on indoor dining. >>presented a primary aware not only can people transmitter each other while they're eating but the air assault against an air for a longer period of time and potentially even though i started to think maybe coming break or later. >>the changes went into effect on december 31st businesses across silicon valley are being told that indoor break areas should only be used by employees for a quick trip to the coffee maker refrigerator, microwave whatever as for eating your lunch businesses

say that they are asking employees to consider taking their food outside to eat it. well tonight, we are now just a little more than 2 weeks away from president elect joe biden's inauguration ceremony. but the ceremony on january 20th will look different than any other presidential inauguration exact details are still being worked out but most events will be held online one thing we do know for sure biden will get a presidential escort from the capitol to the white house. >>yeah, everything's looking a little bit different these let's go ahead and switch gears here for a moment and take a look at the weather. >>yeah, getting dark in. we quite an active day here chief meteorologist lawrence karnow with us to talk about some rain yeah, certainly a nice rain coming through the bay area soaking the entire bay area but again some rain out there today and continuing look very impressive outside right now over san francisco out over the bay still chance

some more pop up showers before things completely wind down with this storm system but we see the core that low kind of moving right through northern california sparking some thunderstorms there of course we had the rain. >>and there's still more to come this storm system winding down though you can see some widely scattered showers most of that is over the mountain tops certainly nice rain here's some more totals around the bay area of course we have some of the weather spots over an inch of rain saint you had just under 3 quarters inch napa just under a half an inch of rain and half an inch of rain enrichment conquered. yeah, just over 2 tense danville yet over a 3rd of an inch of rain and hayward yeah, 4 tenths of an inch of rain so certainly some rain to be have around much of the bay area today and we're not done just there we're going to see that continuing snowfall over the sierras de nevada overnight tonight into early tomorrow morning then things settling down there in fact the bay area going to catch a break from the stormy weather for tomorrow. we may see couple

patches of ground fog around the bay area early on but after that looks like things will begin to clear out but then things begin to change again as we head toward the afternoon tomorrow on those few high clouds and then as we get into wednesday here comes your next storm system rolling into the bay area this one going be a nice little soaking rain not a rain that's going to bring flash flooding are flooding around the bay area debris flows looks like just a much more essential needed rain that is going to fall outside so that will be nice to see temperatures around the bay area for under a dry day should kind of cool mainly in the 50's outside about 58 degrees in half moon bay 58 in oakland about that 7 degrees in san francisco and looking out over the next few days of unsettled weather pattern is going to break tomorrow, then more rain expected on wednesday little bit of a break on thursday, then a chance of more rain friday and over the weekend guys back to you. all right, thanks a still to come tonight, it is a new year of course which means for many people. >>they be some new goals where

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>>so great news this evening funeral homes in southern california are turning away grieving families as they simply run out of space during this pandemic the head of

california's funeral directors association says the mortuaries are simply overwhelmed. >>los angeles county recorded an average of a 151 people dying from covid-19 each day in the past week it is feared. holiday gatherings could fuel another spike in cases, hospitals are also struggling to keep up with basics like oxygen as they treat an unprecedented number of patients with respiratory issues. >>while living in los angeles county certainly has its challenges. one government agency says it is downright risky. has now named la county the most dangerous place in the country to live when it epcomes to natural disasters. the federal emergency management agency calculated how often disaster strike in different counties across the country. it took into account how many people are in harm's way how vulnerable the population is socially and how well the area is able to bounce back. la ranked as the riskiest county followed by 3 counties in the new york metro

area. riverside and san bernardino counties were also in the top 10. >>all right coming up we're going to be live at the chase center.

>>it was a historic night at chase center last night and tonight the getting ready for their second game in as many nights all eyes are always on steph curry but that will be especially so tonight

following his career-high 62 point explosion all are for a sports reporter kylen mills she is live for us at the chase center with how stephon the warriors are. >>prepping for this big moment take on. >>vicki grant explosion is the perfect way to describe what steph curry did last night right now here at the chase center. we have some players are just shooting around they haven't started the official team warm up just yet but steph curry will be looking to repeat that incredible show that he put on last night putting up 62 points like you mentioned now the question tonight is can he give an encore performance and that is up in the air remains to be seen it's going to be tough though with how well he shot last night steph was 18 of 31 from the floor 8 of 16 from beyond the arc but he didn't just throw it up from deep, he was aggressive. he drove to the hoop, he drew fouls steph went 18 of 19 from the free-throw line and one step

close the warriors go to war shot over 55% from the floor as a team and they also played much better defense than we saw on friday now they're hoping to carry that momentum into their game tonight against the kings. >>those feeling good, i was a good energy was able to get get to the to the bucket softens david's of a little bit and then you can start to get some transition threes are. obviously i his son suffers from time to time but it's just a matter taking and if his game in the 1st quarter and getting a good flow from there so no shots follows is a pretty crazy night. >>when the haters talk staff is listening he also said after last night's game that he's seen the crime michael jordan mean with his face superimposed on it that's been circulating on twitter he heard some of the chatter after friday night's loss well i think it's safe to say that steph is shut up some of those haters. i don't think many people will be talking smack before this game tonight. i

know that was a source of fuel for him last night so hopefully you can find another source of motivation tonight against kings took off here is set for 7 o'clock we'll have much more coming up later on tonight for now in kylen mills live at the chase center kron 4 sports. >>all right, thank you kyle, and you never take steps for granted. we're they're living through quite a warrior's era even if things have changed a bit as we check out the storm tracker 4 radar right now. you can see it was quite an active day in the bay with the. >>a lot of rain falling here to tell us all about it ron force chief meteorologist lawrence karnow yeah here we go start out the week. the new year boy a lot wetter than we did this past years we're going to see a series of storms affect the bay area can all week long we're seeing the clouds roll through today with that rain out there much needed rain. and now those clouds beginning to part just a little bit still a couple of pop-up showers outside looking toward downtown san francisco across the bay got some clouds out there right now and couple sprinkles still still trying to rotate through the bay area right now but most of this is

starting to wind down. you see the core low just kind of spun into far northern california bringing some thunderstorms up through that area fact pretty active afternoon. you know, it's lightning strikes right there moving through parts of red bluff and the tornado warning there for a little while, but that has since gone away bay the couple pop-up showers over the mountain tops most of us really settling down now as we head through the evening and then the winds that has been the other story we've had some pretty brisk winds out there and continue to blow in spots a team on our westerly wind now mill valley 17 in the san francisco, 49 put all and 40 mile an hour winds of the west in the napa valley so some gusty winds developing out there and some big time served religious rumbling in along the coastline expecting these waves the bill now to 20 maybe 25 foot with an occasional 30 footer through about 11 o'clock tomorrow evening so be careful out toward the water's edge literally very dangerous out there along the coastline time partly cloudy skies will

be clearing overnight tonight tomorrow becoming mostly sunny. it looks like we'll get a little bit of a break than that rain returns again kind of unsettled weather pattern as we wind out your week temperatures in the 50's outside right now cold front moving through headed south. we've got another one of the north high pressure in building ahead of that one that's going to give us that break for tomorrow then all of a sudden that jet stream starts to dip we start talking about more rain you see right here lori forecast. we head into tomorrow nice day and then your next round of rain moves in as we get into wednesday about the middle of the day a little bit of a break then by thursday night into friday, another storm system likely bring some rain as we get the weekend does want to try and dry out the other ones want to bring a shot of rain as we head in towards sunday. but i think after that then a drying trend story at the rain coming on and off this week that will settle things down a lot of snow for the sierra nevada skiers watch out and 49 get along highway 4 and we've got actually an avalanche warning up there you start to see these different snow packs developing up there with different characteristics some of them we've got that nice

cold air and then the other one you get that nice moist air so you get the different snowpack sitting on top they make these layers of snow and sega skiers. the come along in some of the back country they get on top of that all of a sudden you have to deal with an avalanche. the back country very good morning things next wants your money tonight twenty-twenty certainly proved that nothing is guaranteed >>popular new year's resolution this year is a saving some cash money money money parish dunford now has some simple tips to try to start the year off on the right foot. >>some people lost their job in 2020 while some couldn't travel or eat out and put that extra money in savings either way twenty-twenty was a year that people took a closer look at their finances. if you want to make some financial resolutions in 2021 tony martin attacks account has some tips for you recommendation to everyone is working getting out of that. >>creating a emergency fund and then paying yourself investing in yourself. and that's putting money in the investing in the stock market

and things of that nature was a growing amount of debt. martin says start small first focus on things most important like food and housing and then pay off things like credit card debt. >>he says it's easy to start by paying off your smallest amount of debt and work your way up. >>and you eventually begin really snowballing that down away if you're financially fit with very minimal debt. >>martin says it's important to invest in yourself and your savings. he says to consider things like a brokerage account, your retirement fund and stock figuring out ways you can put money back save money for retirement, no matter your financial goal for 2021 martin says it should be realistic and something you can work on gradually. >>2021 is here the hollywood is shutting down show productions yet again how the

>>as folks are still getting used to the fact we're in 2021 people are also so looking back in 2020 and all we went through including avery's beverages in connecticut, yeah, they're looking back they've introduced a new flavor called. i survive twenty-twenty soda. the label looks back at a year to remember or forget, including the pandemic election and even those murder hornets, a say it's a bitter lemonade flavor because when life gives you lemons. yeah, it's been a heck

of a year. >>we thought we need to commemorate it somehow and actually the the idea came from a couple were customers i like to think is you know 50 years from now. you know some of these great grandkids come across is a which is what was this all about. it would be a story. yes, it will. >>the bottle's design was created by a local artist there and connecticut her name is dori dougal. and even though it maybe a new year hollywood is actually now shutting down shows again just like they did at the beginning of the pandemic back in march entertainment tonight's kevin frazier explains. >>california is surging with covid-19 cases so what does this mean for your favorite shows and stars. well trust me you have to wait a bit for new content. mark harmon in the rest of his nci a squad put their production on hold, but don't worry it's only by a week they should be back up and running by january 11th nci sla and seal team will

follow the same schedule. gray's anatomy will shutter its doors for an extra week as well pushing their start-up date until january 18th along with this is us blackish and 911 so why the shutdown as southern california reaches a record number of covid cases, the actors union sag after a along with the producers guild of america, reach an agreement to halt all unnecessary production in the area sag after president and former 9 '02, 1, o star gabrielle carteris said quote patients are dying in ambulances waiting for treatment because hospital emergency rooms are overwhelmed. this is not a safe environment for in person production right now. some productions outside of socal are still on. we know tom cruise takes the pandemic seriously after his explosive rant went viral and his new mission impossible movie is back in action at a london studio. >>listen hollywood productions might be shutting down but it's not stopping celebs from

coupling up we have details on some unexpected romance is that's tonight on e t don't miss it. i'm kevin frazier entertainment tonight that you can catch entertainment tonight right here on kron 4 coming up at 7.30 yeah and that wraps up kron 4 news at 5, but don't go anywhere kron 4 news at 6 is coming up. at the top of the hour talking about a nursing home in daly city that is seeing a huge increase in covid cases now more than 100 people have been infected family members are telling us. >>they're worried. we'll have a live report coming up at 6 o'clock. and dozens of republican lawmakers say they will attempt to overturn the election. >>this is congress prepares to certify the electoral college vote and elect joe biden this president we'll have the latest out of washington dc news at 6 coming up next.

>>this united 6 family members are concerned tonight after an ever-increasing number of

covid cases at a bay area skilled nursing facility, good evening, everybody thanks for being here on kron 4 news at 6. i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis that skilled nursing facility in question is daly city saint francis convalescent. >>pavilion state officials are reporting more than 100 current cases at the facility. our kron four's dan kerman live for us in daly city tonight with more on this stand. >>well family members clearly upset they say they're not getting enough information. they want the state to get involved they say that from what they are being told and what from state officials can confirm and their state dashboard 88 residents currently are covid positive. and another 20 plus health care workers. there are covid positive. concerns tonight about a possible covid outbreak at the saint francis convalescent pavilion a skilled nursing facility in daly city. >>where super concerned that and you kn